Frogmore Stew

One of the most exceptional phenomena in the United States is the coastal Gullah culture that still exists between Georgetown and Charleston, South Carolina, and on the area’s remote Sea Islands. Historically, Gullah was the language spoken by black slaves (also called Geechees) on the vast Lowcountry rice plantations. While much of the African patois is now gone, you can still buy sweetgrass baskets and mats woven by descendants of slaves all along Highway 17 north of Charleston (I have fo